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wliitc soil (if tlic great imp. Princess Alice. Siiow- 

 l>ir(l is aiiotlici- Hanua Itred daugliter of Prince 

 Eoyal out of a clam l)v 01ioi(_'e Prince, son of 

 (Jlioice Goods out of a Prinee of Tel)o Lawn cow. 

 Perfection, a Inill conilmiing' imp. (iollynie, 

 Rosewood and others of Mr. Haima's lierd is in 

 service. Tlie Martin herd is strong in tlie blood 

 of some of the best stock of the state. 



Kenneth Wilson, Hamilton.— That Mr. Wil- 

 son has the right ideas of Shoi'thorn type and the 

 l)est methods of handling cattle was qnite appar- 

 ent during a half day spent with him in visiting 

 other herds. Mr. Wilson's cattle represent a 

 mingling of l)lo(»d lines i-atliei- than the straight 

 Scotch cross and they ai'e gC)od, ]:>ig, smooth cows 

 In'ed for individual meidt from the best ancestry 

 but not put together in such a way as to win the 

 uncjualified approval of the stickler for 

 "straight." Nevertheless, he is getting results 

 and the herd, strong in_ Scotch blood of the very 

 best kind, is ]")erhaps lietter for a seeming disre- 

 gard of straight blood lines. As an evidence of 

 success it may be mentioned that a calf of Mr. 

 Wilson's production won first at the Greenwood 

 coTinty fair last fall and was recently sold to W. 

 J. Brooke )A'er, an old Shorthorn breeder, for use 

 in his steer breeding operations, the final test of 

 merit in Greenwood county. 



Rawlings Bros., Eureka. — This firm has been 

 raising high grade Shorthorns for some time, 



